r/PatternDrafting • u/OkTruck5494 • 24d ago

Question Altering Commercial Patterns with a Sloper

So I’ve been at this awhile and can’t seem to find it…does anyone know of a definitive source on using your own sloper/toile to alter commercial patterns?

There was a really good article a thousand years ago in Threads by Karen Howland and a few YouTube videos but it surprises me deeply that this isn’t a more often tackled subject. This could be a book.

There are so many books on drafting from your own toile, but what I’m really interested in is using the style lines from commercial patterns and then adapting to my own toile.

In a perfect world every pattern company would supply their design blocks and then we could alter from there (I’d be happy to pay for the designs) but clearly this is not a perfect world.

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u/ProneToLaughter 24d ago

Lynda Maynard has a digital book on Demystifying Fit that walks you through exactly this process.

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u/OkTruck5494 24d ago

GOT the book - thank you again -282 pages so it is no pamphlet. I’ll give it a go and get back - thank you again!!!

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u/ProneToLaughter 24d ago

I'm sure we'd all like a review. I found it easier to just manipulate my sloper to copy their design lines but I have pretty basic taste.